Container and closure therefor



R. V. MARCERON. CONTAINER AND CLOSURE THEREFOR. APPLICATION mEu MAY 4. 1911. RENEWED DEC. 9,1919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND V. MARCERON, OF VTASHINGTON, DISTRICT GE COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK I-I. NEWI-IAM, JR., OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CONTAINER AND CLOSURE THEREFOR.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. *7, 1920.

Application filed May 4;, 1917, Serial No. 166,499. Renewed December 9, 1919. Serial No. 343,645.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND V. MAR- GERON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District or Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers and Closures Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to containers and closures therefor.

The principal, object of my invention is to provide a "form of bottle suitable for containing ink, glue and other substances, and also a stopper adapted for the saidbottle.

The above and other objects and the novel features of my invention will be apparent from the following description taken with the drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which 2- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the upper end of a bottle embodying my invention, and also showing the stopper embodying my invention as it appears in closed and locked position in the bottle.

Fig. 2 is a side View of the stopper;

and H 3 Fig. 3 is a View illustrating the utility of the bottle and stopper, showingthe latter in position to permit the discharge of liquid from the bottle. I

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the body of the container or glass bottle which has a neck 11 provided with the usual mouth 12 through which liquid is filled into the bottle. The bottle is provided with a spout 13 which is formed integral with and in the side of the neck 11 below the mouth 12, and has an upwardly and outwardly curved passage 14 through which liquid may be discharged from the bottle when the stopperthereoi is in the proper position, as indicated in Fig. 3.

To prevent evaporation and spilling of the contents of the bottle the inner end of the passage 14 and the mouth 12 are both closed by the plug portion 15 of the stopper. The plug portion 15 is shown to consist of cork but it is to be understood that it may be made of any other suitable substance such as rubber, glass, etc, depending on the material contained in the bottle.

The upper end of the plug portion 15 is tubular or cylindrical of a size to fit tightly within the neck 11 and at one side the lower end of said plug portion is cut away or grooved out as at 16. The angular cutout 16 extends from above the inner end of the passage 1d downwardly toward the center of the plug to the lower end 17 thereof, the latter being below the inner end of the passage 14; The arrangement is therefore such that the lower end of said plug acts as a valve controlling the flow of liquid from the bottle to the passage 1 1 of the spout, as will be apparent from an inspection oi Figs. 1 and 3.

The upper end of the plug 15 has a cap or rim 18 rigidly secured to it. A comparatively stiff strip 19 of spring metal is riveted at its upper end, as at 20, to the inclined outer face of the rim 18 on the stopper. The outer end of the spout 13 terminates in an angular seat 21 and the metal strip 19 which is wider than the spout, extends downwardly at an angle and is resiliently pressed against said seat when the stopper is in the position shown in Fig. 1. An inward depression or bead 22 fits into the mouth of the passage 14: and serves to lock or latch the stopper in the position shown in Fig. 1. The strip 20 with its bead 22 also acts as an additional seal to prevent leakage through the passage 14 and also to keep dust out of said passage. The spring strip 19 extends below the spout 13 to provide a handleso that the strip can be lifted off its seat and the stopper turnedwhen it is desired to pour liquid from the bottle as in 3 It will be seen that the strip 19 is entirely within the margin of the bottle 10 so that-it will not be readily accidentally lifted oii the seat on the spout.

My invention is especially adapted for bottles containing ink and mucilage. It is well known that the hands are usually discolored and soiled when the ordinary stoppers of ink and muciliage bottles are extracted, and very often these stoppers are broken ofi" in the neck of the bottle in the extracting operation, which is very annoying. My invention overcomes all the above objections and by a simple operation the contents may be made accessible.

lVhile I have shown the construction in detail it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the structure without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Vfhat I claim is 1. A closure comprising a part adapted to cover the mouth of a container and a resilient plate having one end attached to said cover part and having a free end extending downwardly and adapted to resiliently seat on and cover an outlet in the side of said container, the free end of said plate being movable a distance independently of said cover part to seat and unseat the free end of the plate on said outlet. V V

2. The combination with a container havsaid spout comprising an outlet passage, of a plug fitting in said mouth, and a member secured to said plug and extending downwardly across the outer end of said passage, said member comprising a part cooperating with said spout to lock said plug against rotary movement in said container mouth.

3. The combination with a bottle having a neck'and an outlet spout extending laterally of the neck below the mouth of the bottle, of a closure for said mouth, and a resilient strip secured to said closure and having a free end. movable toward and away from the bottle neck when the closure is in place in the bottle, said strip having a portion adapted to seat on and close the outlet spout.

4. The combination with a container-having a mouth and a spout below said mouth, said spout having an outlet, passage, of a plug fittingin said mouth and turnable therein, a portion of the inner end of said plug opposite the inner end of said passage being cut away whereby said plug will serve as a valve to open and close said passage when the plug is turned, and a metal mem ber secured to said plug on the side opposite the cut-away part thereof and having a part which extends across andcovers the end of said spout and the outer endof said passage.

5. The combination with a container having a mouth and a spout below said mouth,

saidspout having an outlet passage, of a plug litting in said mouth and turnable therein, a portion oi' ,the'inner end of said plug opposite the inner end of said passage being cut away-whereby said plug will serve as a valve to open and close said passage when the plug is turned, and a strip of resilient metal secured at one end to said plug ing a mouth and a spout below said mouth,'

and extending across and seating on the outer end ofsaid spout said strip having a depressed portion adapted .to extend into the outer end of said passage.

6. The combination with a bottle hav ing a neck of smaller diameter than the body of the bottle, said neck ;.having a mouth and a spout below said mouth extending laterally of the neck, said spout having a passage therethrough, a plug fitting in said mouth and turnable therein, a portion of the inner end of said plug opposite the inner end ofsaid passage being cutaway whereby said plug will serve as a valve to open and close said passage when the plug is turned, a rim on the upper end of said plug, and a comparatively stiff resilient metal strip secured at one end to said rim and having a part which extends downwardly across the outer end of said spout, said strip having a depression adapted to fit the outer end of said passage to close'the same and latch said plug in position to close the inner end of said passage, said spout rim and strip being disposed within the margin of the body of the bottle.

7. A closure comprising a part adapted to cover the mouth of a container, and means carried-by and depending from said cover part outside said container and adapted to cover the outer end of an opening in the side wall of the container below said mouth thereof.

8. A closure comprising a plug adapted to close the mouth of a container and having a portion thereof adapted to operate as a valve relatively to an'orifice in said container below the mouth thereof, and means secured to the outer end of said plug adapted to serve as a handle to turn said plug and also adapted to serve as a cover for the outer end of saidorifice.

9. A closure comprising a part adapted to cover the mouth of a container, and a resilient member carried by and depending from such cover part, said resilient member having means adapted to cooperate with an outlet below the mouth of said container to close the same and to latch said closure.

RAYMOND V. MARCERON. 

